Picture-nail.



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APPLIOATION PILED MAY 31. 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS C. RICHARDS, OF WINSTED, CONNECTICUT.

PICTURE-NAIL.

.SEECIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,464, datedFebruary 24, 1303. Application filed May 31,1902. v Serial No. 109,773.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. RICHARDS, a resident of Winsted, in thecounty of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Picture-Nails; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to bea full,clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvementin picture-nails, the object ofthe invention being to provide an improved nail which will preventpossibility of the picture-wire slipping, and hence hold the picture'ina straight line, and, further, to provide a nail of neat and ornamentalappearance, as well as cheap to manufacture.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevationillustrating my improvements. Figs. 2 and 2 are views in section of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a view of a modified form of my invention.

1 represents a wire nail pointed at one end and upset at its other endto form a semispherical head 2. Around the nail and against the head 2 acoil of twisted wire 3 is tightly clamped. The coil comprises two wirestwisted together and preferably plated or colored for ornamentation.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 3 I have inserted on the nailbetween the coil 3 and head 2 a hollow ornamental shell 4, made in twosections clamped together, and a great many other forms of ornamentationmay be provided.

By employing my improvements the coil of twisted wire makes an irregularor clamping slot to receive the picture-wire and serves to clamp thewire and prevent its moving in either direction. The advantage of thisis obvious for the reason that pictures are never balanced, one side orthe other being the heavier, and the constant jarring of the house hasthe efiect of the heavier side pulling the wire over and the picturegetting one-sided. With my improvements this is prevented, as the wireis tightly held in the irregular slot formed-by the twisted wire, andthe coil further permits the wire to be held on the nail at any distancefrom the wall with no danger whatever of its changing its position.

A great many slight changes and alterations might be made in the generalform and arrangement of parts without departing from my invention, andhence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, butconsider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterationsas fairly fall within THOMAS C. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

G. B. JENKINS, V T. H. BRONSON.

